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World's smallest and lightest microscope for telemedicine applications

Aydogan Ozcan, whose invention of a novel lensless imaging technology for use in telemedicine could radically transform global health care, has now taken his work a step further ― or tinier: The UCLA engineer has created a miniature microscope, the world's smallest and lightest for telemedicine applications.

23 Apr 2010

New USG strategy to combat malaria globally

In conjunction with World Malaria Day, and in accordance with the requirements of the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Lantos-Hyde), the U.S. Government, through the President's Malaria Initiative, today released a comprehensive strategy to combat malaria globally.

23 Apr 2010

FDA Advisory Committees vote against approval of Acurox NDA

Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals®, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs and Drug Safety and Risk Management Committees voted that they do not have enough evidence to support the approval of the New Drug Application (NDA) for Acurox® (oxycodone HCl and niacin) Tablets for the treatment of moderate to severe pain, considering the deterrent effects of niacin as well as the potential deterrent effects of the other features specific to Acurox®.

23 Apr 2010

Human lymphocytes produce hepcidin that regulate iron levels in the body: Study

For some years now a small group of scientists have been pioneering a revolutionary idea - that the vertebrate immune system could have a role in the regulation of iron in the body. And now, a work soon to be published in the journal Immunology, shows that human lymphocytes (white blood cells) actually produce hepcidin, the most important protein in the regulation of iron levels in the body.

22 Apr 2010

World Bank report shows some MDG progress, country-level advancement 'uneven'

The world is on track to meet the poverty reduction target of the Millennium Development Goals, but sub-Saharan Africa still lags behind, according to the World Bank's World Development Indicators 2010 report, released Tuesday, VOA News reports (Hennessey, 4/20).

22 Apr 2010

Report highlights 11 key categories of diseases, health consequences that occur due to climate change

A report released today by a federal working group highlights 11 key categories of diseases and other health consequences that are occurring or will occur due to climate change. The report, A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change, provides a starting point for coordination of federal research to better understand climate's impact on human health.

22 Apr 2010

Biomagnetics Diagnostics receives commitment for clinical validation testing in India for malaria, TB diagnosis

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria detection, today announced it has received important commitments from two leading research laboratories in India for clinical validation testing for malaria and tuberculosis (TB) detection and diagnosis.

21 Apr 2010

Staff, students join hands outside LSTM to mark World Malaria Day

One hundred staff and students joined hands outside Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) today to mark World Malaria Day, each person symbolising 10,000 of the lives lost every year to malaria.

21 Apr 2010

Initial results of gallium-containing compound to treat serious infection presented at AACR 2010

Genta Incorporated today announced the presentation of initial results from the first human use of a gallium-containing compound to treat serious infection. In a patient with cystic fibrosis and a highly resistant lung infection, who has been treated over a 2-year period, high concentrations of gallium were achieved in sputum.

21 Apr 2010

People around the world support anti-malaria campaigns

Congressional Malaria Champions today received over 20,000 signatures from people around the world supporting efforts to eliminate malaria. Members of local youth soccer teams and actress Molly Sims presented signatures gathered through United Against Malaria, a soccer driven anti-malaria campaign, and by World Vision's End Malaria campaign.

21 Apr 2010

Biomagnetics Diagnostics obtains handheld IOBS unit to detect pathogens

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria detection, today announced it has received its first handheld integrated optical biosensor unit from Los Alamos National Security, LLC.

21 Apr 2010

Report details progress in fighting malaria in Africa, notes funding shortfall

Global funding for malaria reached $1.7 billion in 2009, a "ten-fold" increase since 2004, and the production of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) worldwide rose to 150 million last year, according to a report, released Monday, from UNICEF and the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership, which also highlighted the need for additional funding, Agence France-Presse reports (4/19).

21 Apr 2010

NuVasive reports 36.3% increase in first-quarter 2010 revenue

NuVasive, Inc., a medical device company focused on developing products for minimally disruptive surgical treatments for the spine, announced today financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.

21 Apr 2010

Ovale malaria is two similar but distinct species that do not reproduce with each other: Research

Scientists investigating ovale malaria, a form of the disease thought to be caused by a single species of parasite, have confirmed that the parasite is actually two similar but distinct species which do not reproduce with each other, according to research published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

20 Apr 2010

Protein Potential receives Phase II SBIR Grant to develop vaccine for prevention of P. vivax infections

Protein Potential LLC has received support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH in the form of a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Grant. The three-year award totaling approximately $3 million will support translational research to develop a vaccine for the prevention of malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax.

19 Apr 2010

Project to integrate data from climate modelling, disease forecasting systems for predicting epidemics

Researchers across 13 European and African research institutes will work together to integrate data from climate modelling and disease forecasting systems to predict the likelihood of an epidemic up to six months in advance. The research, funded by the European Commission Seventh Framework programme, will focus on climate and disease in Senegal, Ghana and Malawi and aims to give decision makers the necessary time to deploy intervention methods to help prevent large scale spread of diseases such as Rift Valley Fever and malaria.

17 Apr 2010

Geographic regions with different kinds of birds and mammals could be a source of pathogens

If your home region has a hot, wet climate and a lot of different kinds of birds and mammals living in it, there's a really good chance the region will also contain numerous kinds of pathogens that cause human diseases.

16 Apr 2010

Swiss epidemiologist calls for more quality studies on malaria control measures

Despite wide acclaim as a successful policy there is currently almost no quantitative evidence showing how well spraying the walls of people's homes with mosquito-killing insecticide really works against malaria.

16 Apr 2010

Genocea Biosciences, NMRC sign CRADA to develop vaccine against malaria

Genocea Biosciences, a leading vaccine discovery and development company, today announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Naval Medical Research Center. NMRC will collaborate with Genocea to identify antigens that will be used in the development of a vaccine candidate against Plasmodium falciparum for the prevention of malaria.

16 Apr 2010

Opinions: Health and living conditions; H1N1, one year later; global water shortages

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Habitat for Humanity CEO Jonathan Reckford write in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution opinion piece about the need to "address the constant crisis families face daily in deplorable living conditions."

15 Apr 2010

Malaria News and Research

Latest Malaria News and Research

World's smallest and lightest microscope for telemedicine applications

New USG strategy to combat malaria globally

FDA Advisory Committees vote against approval of Acurox NDA

Human lymphocytes produce hepcidin that regulate iron levels in the body: Study

World Bank report shows some MDG progress, country-level advancement 'uneven'

Report highlights 11 key categories of diseases, health consequences that occur due to climate change

Biomagnetics Diagnostics receives commitment for clinical validation testing in India for malaria, TB diagnosis

Staff, students join hands outside LSTM to mark World Malaria Day

Initial results of gallium-containing compound to treat serious infection presented at AACR 2010

People around the world support anti-malaria campaigns

Biomagnetics Diagnostics obtains handheld IOBS unit to detect pathogens

Report details progress in fighting malaria in Africa, notes funding shortfall

NuVasive reports 36.3% increase in first-quarter 2010 revenue

Ovale malaria is two similar but distinct species that do not reproduce with each other: Research

Protein Potential receives Phase II SBIR Grant to develop vaccine for prevention of P. vivax infections

Project to integrate data from climate modelling, disease forecasting systems for predicting epidemics

Geographic regions with different kinds of birds and mammals could be a source of pathogens

Swiss epidemiologist calls for more quality studies on malaria control measures

Genocea Biosciences, NMRC sign CRADA to develop vaccine against malaria

Opinions: Health and living conditions; H1N1, one year later; global water shortages

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

Malaria News and Research

Latest Malaria News and Research

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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